Pediatric asthma patients are nearly twice as likely to be prescribed an unnecessary antibiotic, compared with other pediatric patients, during an office or emergency department visit, recent studies revealed. more

In the "real world" of asthma treatment, leukotriene-receptor agonists may be just as effective as the gold standard of inhaled glucocorticoids as both a first-line and add-on therapy, researchers said. more

The proportion of Americans with asthma rose by almost a full percentage point, to 8.2%, from 2001 to 2009, according to the CDC, despite improved outdoor air quality and reduced indoor exposures to tobacco smoke. more

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